Drug Being Used On Rock Hudson

July 27, 1985|United Press International

PARIS — Doctors said Friday Rock Hudson was being treated with an experimental drug developed by the Institut Pasteur to fight AIDS, the usually fatal disease that breaks down the body`s immune system.

The film star, who was admitted Sunday to the American Hospital after collapsing in the Ritz Hotel, was reported to be gaining strength and eating solid food. ``He is eating. He is talking and laughing,`` a spokeswoman said.

``Doctors from Pasteur are treating Hudson, following the treatment of HPA-23, the French drug that stops reproduction of the virus cells,`` said an institute doctor who declined to be identified.